Always A New Way To Fail

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Weird day.

Busy at work, and I had to travel for a 1:00.  No time for lunch.  Thought I'd be out of there by 3:00.  Nope.  Ran super long.  Ate my first bite of the day at 6:00, on my way back.   Yeesh.

And then I ate way too much.  Sigh.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  LOL NO

As I said.

Dinner:  2x McDouble, deluxe pizza.

The McDoubles were better than average.  The pizza ... meh.  I need to stop buying and eating mediocre food.  Just cook at home, dummy.

Exercise:  Nope.

93.2

On The List Ever-Expanding

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

I am adding peanuts to the list of things I need to just not buy and not eat.  I eat too many when I do buy them, and I can't say that I feel great after I do.  So I shouldn't.  Between that and the angel food cake I was quite bloated this morning.  So no more peanuts.

Otherwise, another busy day.  And I learned that I can rotate in Google Photos, so hopefully no more sideways pictures.  Just a new extra step.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, mash, homemade bread w butter

Almost out of soup, need to make more.  More mash too, since that improves it so much.  Still need to continued to test the theory that I can eat potatoes.  Anyway, speaking of testing, I made two loaves of bread with the French organic flour and will be interested to see how I tolerate that.  Going to try not to eat it every day, but that is to be seen.

Dinner:  TB beefy burrito, potato taco, root beer.  French dip, 12 oz Miller Lite.  Big Mac, 2x McDouble

Alllll sorts of FAIL.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not that much walking.

92.2

Not Awful Punishment

Monday, July 29, 2024

It had to be Monday again, didn't it?

Slept okay, feel okay.  Small rebound on the scale, not a surprise.  I'll be up again tomorrow then start the process of hopefully having a good rest of the week.

Breakfast:  Coffee

And lots of it.

Lunch:  Jimmy Johns East Coast Italian unwich style, dill pickle, diet lemonade

Work-related.   Not ideal.

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 12 oz All Day IPA, peanuts, angel food cake

I really need to not buy peanuts, I eat way too many when I do.

Exercise:  Nope.

89.6

Mild Cramps and Mild Other Crap

Sunday, July 28, 2024

Let's hear it for massive amounts of exercise!

I had no idea what to expect this morning.  Yeah, I got in a ton of work yesterday, but I also ate a full breakfast and a ridiculous amount of pizza.  Drank a lot of water.  Didn't feel like the outflow continued.  So it was a mystery when I hopped on the scale.  Result: Way down.  Wow.  I'm pretty sure tomorrow will be a bit of a rebound, but still, it was nice.

A couple mild cramps toward morning, the second round just before six resulted in me thinking I was going to get up.  But no.  Instead I listened to my body (I kept dozing off) and went back to sleep.  Didn't get up until 9:00, several hours after I had planned.  As a result this morning is a mess and I'm not going to accomplish much of anything, but I'll get in as much as I can.

Update:  I actually had pep as I zipped around the grocery store!  It was notable.  Best I've felt in a while.  Didn't last all day, but it was great while it did.  Maybe I need more sleep.  I am currently expecting be well up tomorrow, I drank a TON of water during golf.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels with plain Tillamook cream cheese, coffee

Always a fave.

Lunch:  Wendy's 2x son of baconator

Was super rushed, this wasn't a great choice.  I'm definitely not liking what's involved with most fast food.

Dinner:  Strip steak, mashed potatoes, green beans, 12 oz Miller Lite, blueberry trifle w vanilla ice cream.  Peanuts later

Sunday dinners.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not as much walking as usual.   

88.4

The Release Is Done For Now

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Summer is just flying by.  But I will say it's been a good one so far.  TGIS.  Nice to have a day off, though of course I have a million things I should be doing.  But I am not going to.

Wataer release has been paused and after today's eating, it will be a couple days before it's back on track.  I need to pound some water and electrolytes before bed to make sure I'm topped off.   

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, raisin toast, coffee

Different place, same breakfast except no homemade jam.

Lunch:  12 oz light draft beer, jala good crisps

Snack.

Dinner:  Bacon cheesburger pizza, vanilla allulose ice cream

Excessive, but good.  Stupid wheat.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, lots of walking, LOTS of hills.  Then about an hour and a half of spreading mulch etc.  I am capital-t TIRED.

92.2

So Much Confusion

Friday, July 26, 2024

I'm really, really confused.  I had some doubts about what the scale would say this morning -- while I continued to get rid of water, I ate way too much last night including way too many chips.  I felt kinda backed up when I got up.  So I wasn't sure.  And boom, it was down a bunch again.  Sure, it's all water, but still, it's gone.  Despite eating hundreds of carbs, mostly in potato form.

All I really did different yesterday was I added cheese at lunch and had chips in the evening instead of at lunch.  Oh, and different flavor of ice cream.  I got equivalent results.  I don't understand, but I'll take it.  Now we'll see about tomorrow, since today will not be the same.  But yes, I will be buying more breakfast food and making more soup and mashed potatoes.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Okay, this part will be the same.  And I continued disposing of water this morning.

Lunch:  Soup with mash, cheddar chips

So much better with the mash.  Now out of chips, ate WAY too many, tbd if I can avoid buying more.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, 12 oz All Day IPA, vanilla allulose ice cream

Good.

Exercise:  Nope.  Thank goodness the weekend is coming.

92.6

Okay Potatoes?

Thursday, July 25, 2024

We are getting there.  Almost to the weekend.  I can feel it.  It's within reach.  Just not yet.  Patience.

Got extra sleep last night and I definitely could have slept even longer.  I was hoping to be asleep by 9:30 but it was more like 10:30, then didn't get up until 7:30.  I had hopes of changing my schedule, but didn't get there on either end.  But that's okay.  I did get some things done last night and did get to bed earlier, so it's not a complete fail.

I was also pleasantly surprised to see a significant drop on the scale.  It was not a surprise, I moved a lot of water.  But I would not have expected it.  Yesterday was definitively NOT a low carb day.  I probably had 300g, not 30g.  And yet, bye bye water.  Was it because nearly all of the carbs were in the form of potatoes?  Other than the excessive chips at lunch and hash browns at dinner, I did not have many, just ten or so grams in the milk/cream.  Oh, and the beer.  Otherwise no wheat, no corn.  Today will be something of a dietary repeat, so we'll see what happens.  It would be most interesting if potatoes were not a big problem.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Same ol'.

Lunch:  Soup with mash, smokehouse cheddar 

I guess the cheese is different, and I didn't eat any chips because I don't have any.  I miss being able to easily rotate photos in blogger.

Dinner:  3 eggs over medium in olive oil, hash browns, 4 strips thick cut bacon, 12 oz All Day IPA, chocolate allulose ice cream, cheddar chips

Too much, too late.

Exercise:  Nope.

95.8

Incremental Gains

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Small steps up each day, it's very much a trend.  Because I just won't stop eating.  Idiot.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup w mash, Great Lakes wisconsin cheddar chips

All good, but bad for me.  Chips were an impulse buy (new flavor), very good but seed oils.

Dinner:  3 CF eggs over medium hard, hash browns in olive oil, 4 strips thick cut bacon, 12 oz All Day IPA, vanilla allulose ice cream

A bit much.  All good though, if not a true A+ effort on the breakfast fare.

Exercise:  Nope.

97.8

Improved Texture

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

It's impressive what the addition of some mashed potatoes does for the texture of the soup.  It's just perfect.  Of course I shouldn't eat the carbs, but so be it.  It's real food.

Otherwise, I'm still lagging behind on sleep.  Could use to get to be early one of these nights.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup with mashed potatoes, 2 slices smokehouse cheddar

Usual pint of soup with a 1C container of potatoes.  So good.

Dinner: 2x TB beefy burritos, root beer.  French dip, 12 oz Miller Lite.  Chips and onion dip

Just can't stop.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart.

97.6

Not The Ideal Way To Kick Off

Monday, July 22, 2024

Sigh.  I had good intentions.  I did not live up to them.  Instead I stayed up way too late for no good reason (I was watching youtube videos) and did not get enough sleep.  I did not get going early like I had hoped.  Instead, I started the week from behind.

Not good.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Although I was a bit hungry, it was easily resisted and didn't get (or need) more than a passing thought.

Lunch:  CF brisket cheddar sausages on Meijer brioche buns, PK ketchup and mustard.

Ate too much here.   

Dinner:  2x mexican, 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner, vanilla allulose ice cream, popcorn

Too much and too late on the popcorn.

Exercise:  Nope.

97.8

Keep Under Limit

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Well, it could have been worse.   Given the massive food intake yesterday I expected a gain and got one, but it wasn't huge.  Doing some cooking this morning in hopes of a better week coming up.

Looks like Blogger is serious about taking away a bunch of photo functionality, so the future is a lot of portrait-oriented (or sideways) pictures.  Boo.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w Tillamook plain cream cheese, coffee

The store was wiped out of Meijer brand, all flavors, since it was on sale for 40 cents off.  Tillamook wasn't that much more than Philly and the ingredient list is a lot cleaner.  Too bad they stopped carrying the veggie variety and were out of chive and onion, but at least they had plain.

Lunch:  Barbacoa, mashed potatoes, 2 strips thick cut bacon

Prep morning.  Made soup, mash, bread dough with french flour, allulose ice cream bases and bacon.

Snack:  Dot's honey mustard pretzels.  Meh.  

Dinner:  Brats w mustard and dill relish, salad no dressing, corn on the cob, chips, 12 oz Miller Lite

Sunday dinners

Also:  Big Mac, 2x McDouble, Coke, apple pie.

Exercise:  18 holes, decent extra walking.  I am tired.

97.2

Get To Monday

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Another day of excessive eating.  Yikes.

Let's get to Monday.

Breakfast:  Farmer's scramble, sausage links, raisin toast, coffee

E-freaking-normous.

Lunch:  Brisket, cheesy potatoes, 12 oz Miller Lite

More of an early dinner.

Dinner:  2x TB double beef burritos, root beer, peanut M&Ms

Fail.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, average walking

96.2 

Not Outwalkable

Friday, July 19, 2024

TGIF.

Rough day of eating to cap off a rough week.  At least I got some real exercise.

Breakfast:  McD BEC biscuit, hash brown, burrito.  Coffee.

For whatever reason I was hungry.  Was planning on some physical work but it didn't turn out that way.

Lunch:  Soup, mashed potatoes

Had a cup of potatoes thawed so I dumped that in the soup.  It was really good.  Will do again.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz MI P1lsner, choc dunkers

Ate too much.

Exercise:  Serious walk.  52 minutes.  Lots of hills.  It was a workout.  Man I'm in lousy shape.

95.0

I Take That Back, Failure Is The Key To Failure

Thursday, July 18, 2024

Some days are just like that.

Fail.

Breakfast:  Wendys 2x sausage biscuit.  Coffee

Eh.  Not very good.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries

Was very good.

Snack:  Scoop of butter pecan in waffle cone

Dinner:  Bacon cheeseburger pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite, vanilla allulose ice cream w choc sauce

Exercise:  3 hours or so of house cleanout.

95.0

Reptition Is The Key To Failure

Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Onward.  Going to try and do better today.

All areas need attention.  Less screen time.  Go to bed earlier and get up earlier.  Eat better.  Exercise more consistently.  Etc etc.  At least I've been fairly productive at work.  So there is that.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese

Out of extra beefy soup so back to regular, of which I have a couple more.  Will need to restock this weekend.  Also the last of the homemade bread.  I impulse ordered some imported flour this morning, will be interested to see what that produces when I make it into bread.  Which, of course, means that I will be eating bread.  For lunch.  In the form of grilled cheese, mostly.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, CFA spicy, frosted lemonade, pringles

Sigh.   Multiple rounds of dinner.

Exercise:  Nope.

92.6

The Many Faces of FAIL

Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Sigh.  Just so bad.

Breakfast:  Coffee

At least this part is fine.

Lunch:  Soup, grilled cheese, pringles

Soup, good.  GC, okay, I had a few slices of homemade bread in the freezer to clean up.  Pringles?  Bah.   At least they're gone now.

Snack:  TB double beef burrito, root beer

Dinner:  French dip sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite, popcorn, no bakes

One of the better sandos I've had lately.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, some extra walking

90.4

Ever Increasing

Monday, July 15, 2024

Monday again.

Weight keeps ticking up as the fails mount up.  I need to get focused.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, colby pepperjack cheese

Yup.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner

Yup.

Also:  Chocolate dunkers and a big glass of 2% milk.  Pringles.

Exercise:  Nope

90.2

Working On Thinking

 Sunday, July 14, 2024

Glad to have another weekend day.  Lots to do.  Recharged a bit, I think, with a decent night of sleep.  I was pretty tired yesterday, definitely feeling the shortage of sleep, heat and humidity.

Paid a modest price on the scale for yesterday's overindulgence.  Following up on yesterday's thoughts, I really do think I need to make a real effort to purge a lot of the artificial crap from my diet.  Just eat real food, not too much.  That means eating home cooked meals too, I rely too much on takeout.  I think I'm going to start the process by cleaning out some of the artificial crap from my pantry and fridge.

Oh, and I need to get more consistent with the sleep and the exercise.  It's a three pronged thing.  Eating is the biggest piece, but I won't make real progress unless I fix all three.

Breakfast:  Lazy bagels w cream cheese, coffee

Not my finest effort.  Too much yogurt.  They puffed a bunch and then deflated hard.  LOL.  

Snack:  Maiz lime tortilla chips, Matteo's cantina style salsa

Something I'll have to give up.

Lunch:  2x Wendys son of baconator

Speaking of things to give up.

Dinner:  Steak, corn on the cob, a few chips, 12 oz Miller Lite, blueberry pie and vanilla ice cream.  Pringles.

Meh.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, average extra walking.

89.6

Sick Of The Processed

 Saturday, July 13, 2024

Feeling annoyed this evening with the processed crap in my diet.  I'd be better off if I just ate real food, and not too much.

Breakfast:  2 eggs over medium, hash browns, 3 strips bacon, raisin toast w homemade jam, coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  12 oz Miller Lite, jala good crisps

Yup.

Dinner:  Deluxe pizza, 12 oz Miller Lite

Ate way too much today.  Pizza was good but not their best.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, not that much walking

88.8

Toasted

 Friday, July 12, 2024

Long day.  Woke up super early, before 4:00.  I managed another half hour or so before I had to get up.  Spent the day out in the sun and the humidity.  Pretty tired.

But no complaints.  It was nice to have the day off.

Not sure why I can't rotate photos at the moment but too tired to dig into it.

Breakfast:  McD egg mcmuffin, sausage mcmuffin no egg, hash brown.  Coffee

Ugh.  Worst McBreakfast in a while.  Only the hash brown was good and yeah seed oil.  If I'd been thinking at all I would have eaten at home.

Lunch:  Pulled pork, pasta salad, roll w butter

Double ugh.  I ate a couple bites of pork and the other stuff.  It just wasn't good.

Dinner:  Keto bowl, mini bags of pretzels and corn chips, jala good crisps

At least the keto bowl was good.  Whew.

Exercise:  18 holes with cart, above average walking.  It was toasty.

88.2

Unloved Lateness

Thursday, July 11, 2024

Not really happy about my schedule lately.  I'm not getting much done in the evenings, but I still seem to go to bed later and later.  The last two nights it has been well after midnight before I got to sleep.  Unacceptable.  Mornings are annoying enough as it is.  I certainly did not get enough sleep last night.

Anyway, a tick up on the scale, which I'm sure I earned.  Stupid chips and laziness.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yeah.

Lunch:  Soup, colby pepperjack cheese

Again.  

Dinner:  Hot dogs on zero carb tortillas w KMRO, swiss cheese, 12 oz All Day IPA, popcorn, chocolate protein ice cream

Okay, I'm not wild about the protein ice cream.  The texture is okay, I just don't love the taste.  It's just off, probably due to the sweetener.

Ate too much today.

Exercise:  Nope.

88.2

Condensed

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Really packed a lot into today.  Almost all work, too.  But it needed to happen.

Minor dip on the scale, yeah.  I like it.  Almost a good eating day today too.  Almost.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Soup, colby pepperjack cheese

Super express lunch.

Dinner:  Chili cheese hotdogs in zero carb tortillas w primal kitchen ketchup, mustard, onion, dill relish.  Avo oil chips.  12 oz MI P1lsner.  Allulose chocolate ice cream w dark chips, unsweet coconut and peanuts.

All very tasty.  Shouldn't have had chips but I did, otherwise fine.  Btw, that's the full size of the "pint" - I'm intentionally making them small with only about a cup of milk/cream/half and half/whatever.  I could make bigger ones and have leftovers but ... nah.

Exercise:  Nope.

87.8

Leaner But Not Lighter

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

No reason or explanation really but I felt leaner this morning.  A fraction more nimble.  Less bloated.  Lots of ways to describe it ... except lighter.  Same number as the morning before.  Which is not a complaint, it's just a fact.  

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Extra beefy soup, cheddar asiago cheese

Again.

Snack:   Beef jalapeno cheddar snack sticks

Had a bite before golf.

Dinner:  French dip sandwich, 12 oz Miller Lite, good crisps

Tasty sandwich, but man I'm not ready to be done eating when it's gone.  Got some mental work to do.

Exercise:  9 holes with cart, not much extra walking.

88.4

All About Preparation

Monday, July 8, 2024

I was fully prepared for a jump on the scale today.  Ate a lot yesterday, including a lot of carbs.  Took in a massive amount of liquid dealing with the heat and humidity.  I was steeled.  And then ... no.  Down fractionally.  What a nice way to start the day.

To the contrary I was not prepared for it to be Monday.  Boo.  Was up insanely late last night, just didn't get to sleep even though I went to bed at a reasonable hour.  Woke up after three or four hours with a cramp and I was so tired I fell back asleep in the recliner un-reclined.  Can't remember the last time I fell asleep sitting upright with feet on the floor!  It was a predictable struggle to get going.

Breakfast:  Coffee

It helped.

Lunch:  Super beefy soup, cheddar asiago cheese

Made soup yesterday, double beef, no celery, less carrot.  Turned out fine.  Hoping the extra beef provides extra satiety.

Dinner:  2x mexican 2x american tacos, 12 oz MI P1lsner, allulose vanilla ice cream w roasted blueberries

Tacos hit hard.  Dessert was pretty tasty.

Exercise:  Nope.  A much needed day off.

88.4